Child Abuse In The 1800s

Have you ever been a victim of child abuse? Well over 1,546 children die every year from it(discoveryeducation.com). Child abuse is the mistreatment of a child from an adult(worldbook). Parenting classes should be taken so abuse rates become lower. Why does child abuse exist? Well people don’t know how to settle down, they just go off. Experts think that it’s stress that cause people to go off on innocent children. Back in the 1800s nothing was done to prevent child abuse(worldbookonline), which is really sad because children shouldn’t go through that. Every child that has suffered from child abuse has scars for the rest of their lives. Child abuse comes in 4 forms physical, emotional, neglect, and sexual(worldbook). Almost all child abusers are homosexual

Most children with disabilities and premature infants are more likely to be abused(worldbookonline). The most common child abuse is child neglect. Which is when a parent or guardian fails to care for the child. About 44% of children that are abused or that are deceased are under 1 years of age(discoveryeducation). Every year in April is child abuse prevention month(worldbook). Child welfare experts council and investigate families of child abuse(worldbook). New York society for the prevention of cruelty to children (NYSPCC)was est. in 1875(worldbook). Here is a sad story about this little girl that was locked up in a cage for a long time and was sexually abused(ncwiseowl). She say’s “ I was depressed and had flashbacks, and bad panic attacks”(ncwiseowl). “ Child abuse a shadow the length of lifetime”~Herbert Ward. Most children that are a victim of child abuse their parents might drink or don’t know what is best for the child. Teen pregnancy is also a reason for child abuse, because the parent may still be in school and not have time for the child and may not be able to make enough money for the child to live on and that would be what we call child